St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

work in hand ball court, watching them
very closely. Hand ball is the best form of
exercise they could have, excepting base
ball of course. When you come
right down to the point, 10 exercise is so
good for base ball player as base ball it
self, but in this climate it is not practicable
to put nine at work on the diamond much
before the opening of the regular season.
Hand ball comes next to the real thing. as
it requires the same agility and quickneSs
of eye, and it is much better than the GYM
nasium because it is game in itself and is
full of amusement. and excitement. When
the players get interested in game of
hand ball, they forget that they are work
ing, and before they know it they are per-
spring and their blood is circulating finely
through all their muscles. The throwing in
this game is easy and there is no danger of
players
STREAMING HIS ARM
or shoulder, as he might If he tried to make
a long throw in the field after a long rest.
In catching the ball on the bound and re-
turning it to the wall. activity is necessary,
and the work is so quick that it keeps
player on the jump all through the game.
The constant striking of the ball with the
palm of the hand accustoms the hand to the
it tends to deaden the nerves at the surface.
'In the hand ball court, the catcher and
pitcher can pass the ball When not playing
in the game. and so get the special practice
that the battery needs. Batting exercise
should be kept up by the whole nine Also
The direetor'of this training ought to I'M
derStand the men thoroughly and adapt the
exercise to their individual peculiarities.
The stout man needs to be worked hard and
the thin man restrained. A nervous man is
inclined to go in too enthusiastically and do
more than is good for him, while the stout.
phlegmatic man is averSe to eXertiOn and
will not do enough unless he is urged.
This makes the directors position anything
but pleasant. The heavy men think that
they are doing
MORE THAN THEIR SHARE,
and attribute the difference in work to
partiality. All expect to be treated alike,
but that cannot be done, and it is difficult
to make some players understand why the
amount of work should be varied. l would
have the men begin to. practice throwing
about the 1st of March, insisting upon
starting with light, easy work and getting
into 1t gradually. They ought also to walk
some and take short joys out of doors. A
man may be in good gymnasium condition
and still be unfit for hard outdoor work.
Indoor condition is different from outdoor
condition. Let man work all winter in
gymnasium and then go outside and take
violent exercise. and he will surely stiffen
up at first. He must accustom himself to
the open air and difference in temperature
before trying to do too much outside. Hand
ball playing will put him into outdoor con-
dition without tanning him. If he does not
attend to this matter, but attempts to go
right out of the gymnasium and play base
ball, he will feel the effects very unpleas-
antly. Last year the New York nine
played game the very next day after be-
ing called together. having had no pre-
liminary outdoor training to harden the
muscles, and the next day the men were
sore and lame all over. 1t took them sew
eral weeks to get into condition. They had
to train in the field, and the result was
that the
SPRING PRACTICE
was greatly interfered with and they did
not begin the championship series in as
good condition as they would have
if they had been given the proper